Paper dispensing cabinet



Feb. 7,1939. M J, WEST 2,146,038

PAPER DISPENS ING CABINET Filed May 1, 1957 Sheets-Sheet 2 [nu wafer MSQLE I WEST gYWmM/M 47- Tax NE Y6 Patented Feb. 7, 1939 2,146,038

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAPER DISPENSING CABINET Merle J. West, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor to Steiner Sales Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, a corporation of Utah Application May 1, 1937, Serial No. 140,213

8 Claims. 242-55.5)

The invention relates to a method and means illustrating the support or mount and supply roll for causing paper, which has assumed a curled thereon;

relation with reference to a roll from which it is Figure 3 is a detail section illustrating means unwound, to be delivered through an opening respectively on one side of the support and on the to an outstanding easily accessible position. corresponding end of the core cooperative to sup- 5 The invention also has for its particular object port the roll; to provide means to force proper placement of Figure 4 is a section on line 44 of Figure 3; the supply roll in the cabinet to the end that the Figure 5 is an elevation of that end of the core above result be attained. corresponding to the showing of Figure 3;

In feeding paper from a roll, the paper tends Figure 6 is an end of the core shown in Fig- 10 to curl in a direction toward the roll, after it has ure 5; left the roll. If the roll is put in the cabinet in Figure '7 is a sectional view showing the means the wrong way, the curl of the paper after exit respectively on the opposite side of the support from the cabinet will be such that the edge of and corresponding end of the core cooperative to the paper will engage the outer surface of the support the roll; 15 cabinet so that it is difiicult to get hold of. If Figure 8 is a section on line 8--8 of Figure 7; the roll is put in the right way, the paper will Figure 9 is a section showing a modification of after it has passed through the delivery opening, the mount for the supply roll; and assume an outstanding position. It is an ob- Figure 10 is an elevation looking in direction 7 ject of this invention to so dispose the roll that of the line I0l0 of Figure 9. 20 when the paper is delivered it will always as- The device may be applied to any suitable type sume this last mentioned position. of cabinet I which has a front wall 2 having a It is seen from the above that the manner of delivery opening 3. In this instance the front loading or placing of the supply roll has an im- Wall 2 is pivoted at the bottom of the cabinet at 5 portant relation to the position which the paper 4 to swing downwardly as shown in dot and dash will assume after exit from the delivery opening. lines. The upper edge 5 of this down-swingable It has been found that the paper will lie in an front cooperates with the lower edge 6 of the top outstanding and accessible position, when the 'l of the cabinet to define a down-leading delivroll is so positioned that the paper leads from ery opening 3. that side of the roll which is nearest the side Suitable means within the cabinet is provided 30 of the cabinet having the delivery opening. for feeding the paper outwardly through the de- It is therefore an object of the invention to livery opening to lie in opposition to the wall. provide means which prevents operative mount- This means includes a measuring roll l5 having ing of the roll in the cabinet if the roll is not a pinch roll I 6 cooperable therewith, these rolls :5 so positioned that the paper comes off of that being suitably rotatively mounted in plates I1 side which is nearest to the delivery opening. which are spaced, see Figure 2, from the sides Features include the means for preventing of the cabinet I. wrong placement of the roll; a frame-like supply Roll I5 is operated by a crank 20. A suitable roll support which can be swung outwardly to a guide 2| directs the paper to and through the 0 position accessible for loading; a pair of arms opening 3. The paper is guided upwardly and as a mount for the roll and the utilization of over a tearofi knife or blade 25, by which the portions of the supporting plates as stops therepaper is separated as a result of pull thereon. for for limiting inner and outer motions; the The blade is mounted on a suitable support 26 detail constructions which can be cheaply manudepending from which are fingers 21 entering 43 factured and which can be easily assembled and grooves 28 of the pinch roll. The guide 2| also operated and all broader ideas of means inherent has fingers 30 which enter grooves 3| of the in the disclosure for forcing proper placement measuring roll. These fingers form a guide and of the supply roll. prevent wrapping of the paper about the rolls.

Objects, features and advantages of the in- A pawl 32 cooperates with teeth 33 on the measvention will be set forth in the description of uring roll to prevent rotation of the roll in wrong 50 the drawings forming part of this application, direction. and in said drawings, The supply roll is indicated at 35 and this Figure 1 is a vertical section through a cabinet roll is so placed that the web 36 leads to the illustrating the invention; feeding means from that side of the roll which Figure 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Figure 1 is nearest the wall 2. The purpose of this ar- 55 rangement has been previously mentioned, and it can be seen in Figure 1 that the paper after being fed out tends to curl as indicated at 40. The paper is thus spaced as at 4| away from the front wall 2 so that its lower edge portion can be easily grasped. If the web 36 came off of that side of the roll which is nearest the back wall 42 of the cabinet, the curl after exit would be in a direction opposite to that shown at 40, in which case the bottom edge 45 of the paper would be against the outer surface of the wall 2 so that it would be difficult to grasp.

An important feature of this invention is the provision of means on the roll, and on a mount or support therefor, which prevents wrong placement of the roll on the support. Referring to Figure 2, one form of the invention comprises a support made of sheet metal and having arms 5|, 52, bent up from a connecting portion 50. Each arm is pivoted as at 53 to a corresponding plate l1, so that the support can be swung outwardly to a point accessible for loading, see dot and dash lines of Figure 1. The inward movement of the frame is limited by stop pins 55.

Referring now to.Figures 2, 3 and 7 the roll 35 has a core 60' of paper which is preferably hollow, and one end of the core has secured thereto a series of coupling projections. The projections are formed by suitably slitting the end of a metal tube GI, and said projections are indicated at 62 and in this instance there are four. Portions 64 of the metal at points between the projections are bent around the end of the core as clamps, thus securing the tube 5| in the core 60. On the arm 5| is a disc 66 rotatably held on pin 61 suitably riveted to the arm. This disc has what may be termed recesses, 68, 69 arranged in pairs diametrically related to one another. These recesses are herein constituted by openings and notches. In Figure 4 the recesses 68 are constituted by openings, which extend entirely through the disc and the recesses 59 are constituted by notching the edge of the disc. In Figure 10 these recesses are formed by punching openings 10 in the disc 66.

On the arm 52, see Figure 7, is a projection 15 which is formed from a plate by punching to provide fingers 16 which are bent to form the hollow square shown in Figure 8. This element 15 is pivoted to the arm 52 as at 11, and the corners l8 loosely engage the inner surface of the core 60. By means of the elements 56 and 15 the core and the supply roll upon it are ro tatably mounted, and it is seen that itis impossible to mount the roll unless the respective elements of the mounting means are in the exact cooperative relation shown. Although the speciflc mounting means is claimed, there is no intention to limit the invention entirely to the construction because I believe myself the first to provide means for preventing wrong placement of the roll for the purpose disclosed.

In Figure 9 the element 66 only differs from that of the element 66 in that recesses are all made by punching openings in the disc. It is to be understood that there may be only two of these recesses instead of four as shown in Figures 4, and 10, respectively. In this case also the arms 5|, 52 are separately pivoted as at to the plates I1 and the arm 52 has a plug 8| pivoted as at 82 and having a flange 83 which engages the edge or end of the core 60.

It is noted that the arms 5| and 52 are housed in recesses 84 of the plates I 1'. As shown in Figure 10 the bottom portion 85 of the recess formsa stop for limiting the inward movement of the arm, and the forward portion 86 of the bottom of the recess forms a stop for limiting the outward movement.

Whatever the construction of the cooperative means carried respectively by the support and core, it is understood that broadly they are so constructed that mounting can be accomplished only in one way, that is, when the roll is placed as has been previously described.

Various changes in the construction can be made without departing from the broad idea of forced proper placement to prevent less accessible positioning of the paper after feed-out.

I claimas my invention:

1. A paper cabinet having a front wall having a delivery opening, a pair of feed rolls with which the paper has substantially only a line contact, means by which the paper is guided after leaving said feed rolls, and a supply roll, said feed rolls, guiding means and supply roll being so related that that face of the paper which was inside when on the roll faces toward the user and away from said front wall of the cabinet after passing through the delivery opening, whereby the curling tendency'of the paper resultant from its original roll formation is utilized to maintain the projected portion of the paper spaced from the wall to facilitate grasping, said supply roll having a core, and means for detachably mounting said core, said means being so formed that cooperation for mounting cannot take place unless the supply roll is related to said feed rolls and guiding means in the manner aforesaid.

2. A paper cabinet having a front wall having a delivery opening, a pair of feed rolls with which the paper has substantially only a line contact, means by which the paper is guided after leaving said feed rolls, and a supply roll, a

the user and away from said front wall of the cabinet after passing through the delivery opening, whereby the curling tendency of the paper resultant from its original roll formation is utilized to maintain the projected portion of the paper spaced from the wall to facilitate grasping, said supply roll having a core and means for detachably journaling said core, said means being so formed that cooperation for journaling cannot take place unless the supply roll is related to said feed rolls and guiding means in the manner aforesaid.

3. A paper cabinet having a front wall having a delivery opening, a pair of feed rolls with which the paper has substantially only a line contact, means by which the paper is guided after leaving said feed rolls, and a supply-roll, said feed rolls, guiding means and supply roll being so related that that face of the paper which was inside when on the roll faces toward the user and and away from said front wall of the cabinet 4. A paper cabinet having a wall having a delivery opening, means for feeding lengths of paper one at a time through said opening, means for guiding the paper after leaving said feeding 'means to direct it downwardly and outwardly through the opening to pendant relation and in opposition to said wall, and a s'upplyroll of paper,

said fedingmeans, guiding means and supply roll-being so relatedthat that'face of the paper which'was inside whe'n'onthe roll faces toward the user and away from said 'wall'after passing I through the delivery opening whereby the "combinedaction ofthe guiding means and the curling tendency of the paper resultant from its original roll formation are utilized to maintain the projected portion of the paper pendant and spaced from the wall to facilitate grasping, said supply roll having a core and means for-detachably mounting the core, said means being so formed that cooperation for mounting cannot take place unless the supply roll is related to the feeding andguiding means in the manner and for the purpose aforesaid.

5. A paper cabinet having an elongated upright wall having a-delivery opening near its top, a manually operable means for feedingelongated lengths of paper one at a time through said opening, means for guiding the paper after leaving said feeding means to direct it'downwardly and outwardly through the opening to pendant relation and in opposition to said wall, and a supply roll of paper, said feeding means, guiding means and supply roll being so related that that face of the paper which was inside from said wall after passing through the delivery opening, whereby the combined action of. the guiding means and the curling tendency of the paper resultant from its original roll formation 40 are utilized to maintain the projected portion of when on the roll faces toward the user and away .jou'rnaling disc rotatable thereon, the disc of one of""s"aid'arms fitting within the core and the disc i of the other arm being-larger than the diameter of the-core and said core and disc havingmeans cooperative to connect the core to said discs for rotation inunison.

7. A paper dispensing cabinet, a supply roll having a core, a pair of arms pivoted within the cabinet each having a journaling element rotatable thereon, the rotatable element of one of the arms fitting within the core and the rotatable element of the other arm being larger than the diameter of the core and having recesses, and means on the core detachably fitting the recesses to connect the parts for rotation in unison.

8. A paper-dispensing cabinet, having recesses one in each of two opposite walls, an arm in each recess pivoted to swing to a position outside of the cabinet, means on the arms for journaling a supply roll, and, said recesses having wall portions with which the arms engage,'respectively to limit motion of the arms when within the cabinet and to limit motion of the arms when the same are positioned outside of the cabinet, said wall portions and the pivots of said arms being so dis posed that the arms and the roll thereon are gravity held in each stop position.

IMERLE J. WEST. 

